Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies - Great Smoky ...
WEB3 days ago · “The Great Smoky National Park team was proud to support this effort to officially restore the mountain and to recognize its importance to the Cherokee People,” said Superintendent Cassius Cash. “The Cherokee People have had strong connections to Kuwohi and the surrounding area, long before the land became a national park.
Highest peak in the Smokies park regains ancient name of Kuwohi
WEB10 hours ago · Kristina Plaas. The highest point in The Great Smoky Mountains National Park has a new name. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names agreed Wednesday to rename Clingmans Dome to Kuwohi, the Cherokee name for the mountain that means “mulberry place,” according to a news release from the National Park Service. The request to restore the ancient ...
The Smoky Mountains' highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
WEB2 days ago · Updated 12:21 PM PDT, September 18, 2024. GATLINBURG, Tenn. (AP) — The highest peak at Great Smoky Mountains National Park is officially reverting to its Cherokee name more than 150 years after a surveyor named it for a Confederate general. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday in favor of a request from the Eastern Band of ...
Smoky Mountains peak now called by Cherokee name 'Kuwohi'
WEB1 day ago · KNOXVILLE, Tenn. − The highest peak in the sprawling Great Smoky Mountains National Park is dropping the name of a Confederate general in favor of its Cherokee name "Kuwohi." The U.S. Board of ...
Cherokee name for Great Smoky Mountains NP'sClingmans …
WEB1 day ago · Following lobbying from the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the U.S. Board of Geographic Names unanimously voted Sept. 18 to restore Kuwohi as the mountain’s name. Kuwohi, which translates to ...
Clingmans Dome renamed Kuwohi in Great Smoky Mountains …
WEB3 days ago · The 6,643-foot Kuwohi is one of the most popular sites in Great Smoky Mountains National Park with more than 650,000 visitors a year, according the National Park Service.
Kuwohi: Smoky Mountains’ highest peak returns to Native …
WEB2 days ago · Great Smoky Mountains National Park closes Kuwohi every year for three half-days so that predominantly Cherokee schools can visit the mountain and learn its history. Great Smoky Mountains National ...
Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies | News ...
WEB2 days ago · Kuwohi name restored to the highest peak in the Smokies. 22 mins ago. GATLINBURG — The U.S. Board of Geographic Names voted on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2024, in favor of the formal request submitted ...
The Smoky Mountains’ highest peak is reverting to the Cherokee name Kuwohi
WEB2 days ago · Great Smoky Mountains National Park closes Kuwohi every year for three half-days so that predominantly Cherokee schools can visit the mountain and learn its history. Great Smoky Mountains National ...
The Smoky Mountains' highest peak is reverting to the ... - ABC News
WEB3 days ago · Great Smoky Mountains National Park, on the Tennessee-North Carolina border, is America's most visited national park, and Kuwohi is one its most popular sites, with more than 650,000 visitors per ...
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